Sold – Under $100K Sunday – Circa 1896 Fixer Upper Maine Mansion Under $100K
OHU50K Notes $99,500 Sold
The Fuller family is begging beyond the grave for their fixer upper mansion on Elm Street to be saved. The land which would become Elm Street was purchased in 1799 by Dr. John Warren and was later settled by William Moor in 1802. In the 1840s, James Fuller, Jr. and Sarah Ann Underwood purchased a large tract of land on Elm Street, on which many family members built their own houses. Our featured house was built by Henry Clay Fuller in 1896 and was known as the Fuller Mansion.
Realtor Comments
Welcome to the fixer upper Fuller Mansion. This once magnificent home offers plenty of space inside and out along with 195′ of water frontage on the Sebasticook River. Last used as a Boarding home this house has a commercial fire alarm system along with a dry pipe sprinkler system. The rooms are many and big with exquisite woodwork and built-ins. The home offers 7 bedrooms, large common areas upon entering the second and third floors with many other rooms on all three levels. A crow’s nest, porches, a dumb waiter from the basement up and two stair wells. Could this be your next home? Possibly another commercial property or multi-unit? The home had some vandalism of copper piping removed in the basement. Prior to roof being replaced some damage to ceilings. Please use caution on exterior stairs. Renee Bacon, Realtor.
- Listing
- 7 bed
- 2.5+bath
- Build date 1900
83 Elm St, Hartland, ME 04943 $99,500
- Contact Realtor: Renee Bacon – Nexthome Experience
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Family History
James Fuller Junior’s son, Henry Clay Fuller (1854-1903), married Mary Isabelle Linn (1856-1933) in 1874 and built the Fuller Mansion in 1896. Upon the death of his wife’s father, Henry had become the President of the Linn Manufacturing Company. Henry soon expanded the business with several ventures including the Scotch Thistle Greenhouses which grew and sold flowers of every kind. You can see the greenhouses next to the house in the photo below.
Shortly after the greenhouse was built, Henry Clay Fuller passed away from tuberculosis at the age of 43. The greenhouse operation continued until 1916 when it closed and was removed from the site.
Henry’s wife Mary continued to live in the mansion with her youngest son until 1930 when she became ill.
After she passed away in 1933, her son James Fuller and his wife Bertha inherited the mansion. James died in 1947, but Bertha remained in the home giving piano lessons until she had a bad fall. It was then that ownership was passed to her son who lived in Philadelphia. He then sold it out of the family to new owners who turned it into a boarding house for the mentally challenged. At some point is was painted pink and became known as the Pink House. The Fuller family had owned the home for 66 years.
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5 Comments
Richard Barrett
Fuller mansion or other fixer uppers in maine. Have an interest
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Brenda Clark
Do you gave anything like this in the south?
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George Bahr
What a truly magnificent home! And a nice piece of property as well.
Definitely begging to be restored to its former grandeur.